Thunderstorms delay flights at South Florida airports

Shortly after 6 p.m. the airport's website showed more than 60 delayed arriving and departing flights — operations running late due to the bad weather that had blanketed the airport and surrounding areas during the day.

Earlier Friday, there were about 38 arrival and departure delays at the Fort Lauderdale airport, spokesman Greg Meyer said in a statement.

"We have had some heavy rain and low visibility at the airport for the last hour," Meyer noted shortly after 3 p.m.

At least seven departure flights and two arrivals were also listed as canceled Friday on the airport's website — fll.net— most of these flights were en route to or from the Caribbean and the Bahamas.